on the canvas
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A left uppercut later in the round dumped Joshua on the canvas again.
From BBC ● Jul. 25, 2026
The paint is slathered on the canvas, but deftly so; the individual slabs of color, for which he became famous, are almost like carpentry in a complex composition.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 23, 2026
There is every chance that the fight will end with one man on the canvas and, after then, my priority will be to console the loser first - I can't be jumping around celebrating.
From BBC ● May 8, 2026
The scratching alerts us to what will be increasingly vigorous attacks on the canvas surface—scraping, rubbing, incising fine lines—emphasizing the character of her paintings as objects, rather than representations.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 3, 2026
Becker fell to one knee, his gloves on the canvas floor.
From "The Contender" by Robert Lipsyte
